Health status and nutritional development of adopted Ethiopian children living in southern Spain: A prospective cohort study.

Objective: The first aim of this study was to evaluate the health status and anthropometrical development of adopted children from Ethiopia living in southern Spain. A second aim was to evaluate the association between these parameters and adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern.

Methods: The study sample included 53 adopted children from Ethiopia and a matched sample of 54 native-born children.